There is a list of topics that, if Catholic writers dare touch them, will get you immediate and strong objections and bitter complains from readers. In no particular order, unless you enjoy acquiring enemies and [...]

By admin_coffin| 2017-09-05T01:21:47+00:00 September 5th, 2017|Categories: Spirituality|Comments Off on Want Enemies? Write About These Ten Things

The other week I posted a list of ten things that are guaranteed to garner enemies if you dare speak or write about them in the Catholic blogosphere. The negative feedback it generated validated my [...]

By admin_coffin| 2017-09-05T01:19:38+00:00 September 5th, 2017|Categories: Spirituality|Comments Off on How To Earn Enemies: Part Deux

Loneliness is hard. Hard for a couple of reasons. First, there’s the randomness of it. You can be stricken at seemingly random times and settings that seem, on the surface, to be counter-intuitive: at a [...]

The heart-rending case of young Charlie Gard of England puts a most important question before us: Whose life is it anyway? If a young child is very sick, surely the parents, working in close concert with doctors, have the right to [...]

By admin_coffin| 2017-07-27T07:25:50+00:00 July 3rd, 2017|Categories: Culture|Comments Off on Je Suis Charlie Gard

Dear Steven: A fellow Canadian here (grew up in Halifax, went to grad school at McGill). I first saw you in the Fox News days and have appreciated your blend of comedy chops and conservative worldview. [...]

By admin_coffin| 2017-07-07T01:53:42+00:00 June 24th, 2017|Categories: Culture|Comments Off on Open invitation to Steven Crowder

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